It's giving hope to Tibbetts' worried family, who shared it on Facebook with the message, "Please keep praying."

"Everyone has their own talent, whether it's a sport you're good at, if you're good at dance, if you're a great writer," Tibbetts said in the speech. "Even if you're just a good person, that's one of the best things you can be good at."

Jarrod Diehm was Tibbetts' speech coach.

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"(She's) very smart, very caring," Diehm said. "It's kind of cool to see her speeches and look over them and see the compassion that was there with her message."